A Year of Marvellous Ways

Critics Review

• Fanciful imagery and beautiful prose that ebbs and flows

  Independent

• Winman excels in her sweeping prose and her unwavering theme of love in all its forms

  Stylist

• Beautifully written

  Sun on Sunday, Fabulous Magazine

• One to read slowly so you can savour every beautiful sentence

  Good Housekeeping (Book of the Month)

• A lavish and clever read which will stand the test of time

  Irish Examiner

• Moving… offbeat and memorable

  Woman & Home

• A Year of Marvellous Ways is like Dylan Thomas given a sexy rewrite by Angela Carter

  Patrick Gale, author of A PLACE CALLED WINTER

• A glorious poem of a novel – a story to read slowly and to marvel at the beauty of it

  Rosamund Lupton, author of SISTER

• Yet again Sarah Winman has written a beautiful, beautiful novel. A Year of Marvellous Ways will hypnotise, seduce, until you can do nothing but pick it up and read it again

  Tiffany Murray, author of DIAMOND STAR HALO and SUGAR HALL

• A gripping waiting game … The novel’s surprising denouement is also well worth the wait

  Observer

• In this warm, kindly novel, the sea is both magical and healing. Lovely

  The Times

• The book demonstrates vividly how we need family around us, whether homegrown or grafted, to live our fullest lives… By the end of this novel, we too belong in the world of Marvellous Ways

  Sunday Express, S Magazine

• The sense of magic infused through the novel casts a spell over the reader that makes you not want to put the book down until you’ve turned the final page

  Hannah Beckerman, author of THE DEAD WIFE'S HANDBOOK

• A book to savour, to read in wonderful, rich little bits like dark chocolate. Winman’s prose is poetry, with a rhythm, a heartbeat, that carries you through like music

  Emma Hooper, author of ETTA AND OTTO AND RUSSELL AND JAMES

• A truly enchanting book

  Irish Times

• A breathtaking reading experience… a beautiful book that is unafraid to reveal the ugliness of the world

  Toronto Star

• She is particularly good at bringing the sensations of landscape to bear – its smell, sound and look – and in Marvellous has created a character of warmth and eccentricity

  Metro

• The stories are touching and the twist of magical realism lends them a joyful, fairytale element

  Daily Record

• What struck me was Winman’s gorgeous imagery, beautiful passages and imaginative storytelling. Quirky and slightly hairbrained, A Year of Marvellous Ways is an unforgettable book

  Mitford Society Summer Reads

• Spellbinding

  The Times